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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Legal Proceedings.
The following prosecutions were undertaken during the year in respect of general sanitary work :—
| Situation of Property, | Offence. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | |||
| 12, William Street | Undertaking for reward the maintenance of a child under the age of nine years apart from the parents and failing to give notice thereof to the local authority. | Jan. 7th | Costs .£2. |
| 37, James Street, N.W.1 | Do. do. do. | Jan. 7th | Costs £2. |
| 116, Camden Street | Fixing a new angle basin on staircase and a new trap and waste for a proposed new basement sink without giving notice to the Sanitary Authority as required by the drainage bye-laws of the London County Council. | Jan. 12th | Fine 20s. Costs £2 2s. |
| 116, Camden Street | Do., do., in a manner contrary to the drainage bye-laws. | Jan. 12th | Fine 23s. |
| 21, Percy Street, W.l | Undertaking for reward the maintenance of a child under the age of nine years apart from the parents and failing to give notice thereof to the Local Authority. | Jan. 14th | Bound over in a sum of 10s. to come up for judgment if called upon within twelve months. |
| 78, Camden Road | Main roof and top floor front room ceiling defective. | Jan. 18th | Summons withdrawn. Work completed. Costs ,£3 3s. paid. |
| 41, Caversham Road | Basement back room walls damp | Feb. 24th | Order made to abate within 2 8 days. Costs £2 2s. |
| 3, Hunter Street | Fixing new sink in basement kitchen without giving notice to the Sanitary Authority as required by the drainage bye laws of the London County Council. | Mar. 14th | Dismissed [under Probation of Offenders Act on payment of 10s. costs by each of the Defendants. |
| 16, Lupton Street | Fixing new bath, lavatory basin and waste-pipe, etc., without giving notice, etc. | Mar. 14th | Do. do. |
| 110, Cleveland Street | Reconstructing first floor kitchen sink and waste pipe without giving notice, etc. | Mar. 18th | Fine 1s. Costs £2 2s. |
| Do. do. | Reconstructing first floor kitchen sink with a waste pipe discharging into a hopper head contrary to drainage bye-laws of the London County Council. | Mar. 18th | Work satisfactorily completed. Summons withdrawn. |
| 212, Kentiah Town Road | Back area paving in foul state and smelling offensively ; first floor sink discharging into rain water pipe and then into a brick sump in yard about 3 feet away frotu yard gulley ; sump is partly full of offensively smelling water, sides and bottom are extremely foul; yard gulley then discharges over surface of back area paving causing same to be in a foul state and smelling offensively. | Mar. 25th | Order made to abate within 14 days. Costs £2 2s. |
| 14, Leighton Place | Moving into St, Pancraa with [a foster child without giving notice to the Council. | April 9th | Dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act on payment of £2 2s. costs. |
| 69, Agar Grove. | Failing to cleanse walls and ceilings of ground floor front room and scullery (contrary to London County Council tenement house bye-laws). | April 20th | Fine 15s. Costs £1 1s. |
| Gt. College Street | Being a person carrying on the business of rag and bone dealer did distribute outside the L.C.C. School in Great College Street, toys in exchange for rags (contrary to London County Council bye-laws). | April 20th | Fine 15s. |
| Do. do | Do. do. with receptacle (alternative offence] | April 20th | Summous not dealt with |
| 14, North Villas | Failing to give notice of reconstruction of water closets (contrary to L.C.C. bye-laws) | April 23rd | Fine 20s. Costs £1 1s. |
| Do. do. | Reconstructing water closets without enclosing such water closets by solid walls, etc. (contrary to Loudon County Council bye-laws) | April 23rd | Fine 20s. Costs .£1 1s. |